Sarah took names (May I call you Joe?) and then kicked butt!
I loved that. Also, her mike was still on when she merrily greeted Gwen Ifill afterward, shaking her hand. I noticed that she bent at the knees to make her eyes level with Gwen, who had to remain seated due to her ankle injury. The barracuda knows how to take people's socks off without removing their shoes.
In fairness, I thought that Ifill did a creditable job, although we will never know if she did so because she is a dedicated professional, or because of the outcry against her partisanship. Whatever, she did seem even-handed. Part of her must grudgingly like the fact of a woman nominee, if not the actual person or what Palin stands for.